Dennis Priestley marched into round two of the Stan James World Matchplay with a 10-5 win over Colin Osborne at the Winter Gardens.
Dennis showed all his experience to soar past the emerging star from Derby, who paid the price for a mid-game lull which allowed the double World Champion to open up a 7-3 lead.
Osborne did lead 2-1 early on, but Dennis punished missed doubles in the fourth leg to level and then won the next two to move two legs clear.
Osborne took out double five in the seventh, but then saw Dennis take another three successive legs to push 7-3 up after his own misses in two of those legs.
A ten-darter, the first of the tournament, stopped the rot for Osborne as he landed 180, 140, 145 and double 18.
But he was left sat on a finish in the next two legs only to see Dennis check out and move to within a leg of the match, before a 121 finish for a 12-darter sealed the Yorkshireman's last 16 berth.
